After a well attended public beta(600k+ downloads of the beta), the team is proud to provide the final version of Lightroom 3.0. This release has received significant feedback via the beta forums and we released an additional beta release(Lightroom 3 beta 2) to ensure that we addressed the top issues and solidified a Lightroom 3.0 release that is ready for daily use.

Here’s a quick list of what we’ve changed since the last public beta:

Profile-based lens correction that addresses:

Geometric lens distortion(i.e., barrel or pincushion)

Chromatic aberration

Vignette effects

Manual geometric lens correction

Horizontal and vertical perspective correction

Improved Web templates for updated color and design options

Additional Print templates to utilize the new creative layout options

New develop presets for creative B&W and Color adjustments

Focal length filtering available in the metadata filter

Updated SDK with publish collection functionality and access to collection and keyword metadata

Updated print resolution limits of 720ppi for local printing and 1200ppi for printing to a JPEG file.

There have already been detailed blog entries about what has been added to Lightroom 3 through the two beta release.(Lightroom 3 beta, Lightroom 3 beta 2) Below, I’ve provided a high level summary of the top enhancements across all three releases. You can also watch a Lightroom 3 Overview video by Julieanne Kost.

Camera Raw 6.1 is now available as a final release on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS5. This update includes camera support for the following models:﻿

Canon EOS 550D (Digital Rebel T2i/ EOS Kiss X4 Digital)

Kodak Z981

Leaf Aptus-II 8

Leaf Aptus-II 10R

Mamiya DM40

Olympus E-PL1

Olympus E-600

Panasonic G2

Panasonic G10

Sony A450

Release Notes

Camera Raw 6.1 includes new lens correction functionality that can apply profile-based corrections to accommodate geometric distortions, chromatic aberration and lens vignette effects. Manual corrections for geometric distortion as well as vertical and horizontal perspective transforms are also available. A handful of lens profiles are included for automatic correction and more can be created by the community with the Adobe Lens Profile Creator. (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lensprofile_creator/)

This release addresses a bug on the Mac platform that could cause Photoshop CS5 to quit unexpectedly when opening a file in the Camera Raw 6.0 plug-in.

This release contains performance enhancements designed to improve the responsiveness of the controls and the scrolling mechanism relative to Camera Raw 6.0.

The camera support provided in this release was previously provided in the Camera Raw 5.7 plug-in update with the exception of the Olympus E-600 which is new to this update. Please read the following blog post for an explanation of why redundant support has been released.﻿